Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino believes the reaction of other clubs' players and fans shows how far his side has come in recent years.

The Spurs manager was asked about the amount of social media posting from the celebrating Arsenal players after the north London derby on Sunday and the Argentine added that he also heard about reactions from those in Liverpool who were enjoying Tottenham's demise.

However, that reactions in both north London and Merseyside made him a happy man.

"What that shows first of all is the respect that they have for us. When the people celebrate like this, it's because people respect you and see you as a big club. Of course, when we arrived here five years ago, the derby was a little bit … well, it's normally Arsenal always above Tottenham," said Pochettino.

"But now it's like, the last two seasons we were above [them], and how they celebrate, of course, it's a derby, yes, but you start to see what you see [the images]. It was a massive win for them, of course for us it was a massive disappointment, but it showed the respect that we got in the last few years with our performances, with our results.

"Maybe we still not win a trophy, as the people say, but the respect in the way that we are doing the things – to get the respect is the most important thing or the first step."

Mauricio Pochettino

He added: "It was the same for Steve Hitchen. He was in the Liverpool game against Everton and was watching our game there before in the stadium and when Arsenal scored the third goal all the Liverpool fans celebrated, like Arsenal celebrated after.

"The Liverpool fans celebrated the goal of Arsenal. It’s clear we are doing something good. That respect, I love this respect. I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you.

"I don’t like it when the people don’t celebrate because it’s normal to beat Tottenham. That makes me feel so proud."

Pochettino admits he's not a big fan of celebrating victories on social media.

"Because I don’t have social media, it’s fantastic I don’t see that. I try to avoid to go to the changing rooms when we have finished the game, always I go after five or 10 minutes when all is relaxed and say 'well done'," he said.

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"Personally, I don’t like it. I don’t like it. Obviously if you win a trophy like I won when I was a player, it is a moment to celebrate. For me, this is my mentality and I don’t want to say it’s right or wrong, I love to celebrate in private and not make it public. I love to celebrate the things with your team-mates.

"If you win, of course celebrate and show the fans you are happy. It’s fantastic. But when you win, when you win a trophy, when you win something special. In the end, Arsenal and Tottenham, we are 30 points each, we are in a similar position, still a lot of things to play. To be sporting enemies is a fantastic thing, but I don’t want to criticise what people want to do."

Mauricio Pochettino and his assistant manager Jesus Perez

The Spurs boss said there are no club rules in place in place when it comes to social media in the changing room.

"No, we don’t have rules. We don’t have a rule because you cannot be the police, to control what the players are doing in the changing room. It's more about sometimes emotion, I want to share," he said.

"Today it’s normal, look what happened in social media. I go with my dog to the park, Trent Park and the most important is not to share with your dog, the walk. It’s to share with your followers. I am an old person. Old mentality. Maybe I take a picture, or do a video for myself.

"As I talk always with Jesus [Perez - his assistant], the only way to stop the time is when you do a video or a picture and you keep it.

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"Life is running so quick. But we are talking maybe in dinner or lunch it is me with my phone, him with his phone, and we spent two hours and not enjoying the moment. That is happening a lot with the new society and generation. That scares me a little, the future."

He added: "I accept that it is a new world. I accept that the people need it because it is like how you feed yourself, your ego. It is a social problem, a lot of people need to see what is happening on social media, because it changes your mood.

"For me, I fight to be like this. I am of the older generation. I accept the new technology but I try to keep a bit of that away. I accept society is different."

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